A/N ~ I am really good at procrastinating school at the moment by writing this fanfic^^. Anyhow I hope you like this Chapter :) Thank you VampWolf92, VHS and Timber for your rewievs and for reading and such! :3 Also I'm trying to improve so if you have any suggestions please let me know :)
Cinna
I kept staring at the clock. Time was passing awfully slow and way too fast at the same time. „Are you ok, Boy?" Plutarch entered trough a door on the other side of the small room in which I was waiting for Katniss. „Sure. I'm not the one who is sent to die in a couple minutes." I said grim. „Not all off them will...if everything works out." „If..." „Joanna, Renn and Finnick know what they have to do. So does Beetee and" „I know." I interrupted his whispers, in fear anyone could be listening. „I know. But it's in the stars if everything goes as planned." „you forget, I'm head game maker." He winked. „speaking of that. I gotta go. I will see you later. Will you be with Haymitch?" „Pretty sure. He will need all the help he can get." The elderly man gave me a pat on the shoulder and hurried away. One hour until the games would begin. My eyes wandered back to the clock. I felt useless. I had laied out Katniss suit and shoes and there was nothing more I could do at the moment. I just had to wait. 45 Minutes. The door opened again and Nym came in followed by Katniss. „Hey you too." „Hey." Katniss started. „Cinna, I'm sorry. I was rude last night and.." „You've nothing to be sorry for" I assured her. „Thank you." „shush. Let's get you ready." „I'll be right back. I have to check on some stuff." Nym said. „Can you tell Effie goodbye? Please I didn't get a chance to see her this morning." „I'll sent her here." She walked over to the door „Wait. What is that around your wrist?" She looked down on her wrist where a fragile, golden bracelet rested. The gold was plated into the form of flames. „Look at Cinnas wrist." She smiled and pointed at my bracelet which looked almost the same. „I thought Effie told you? It was her Idea. Golden flames for our team. Our family." „she did. I didn't know you guys got one too. That's great." A slight smile appeared on Katniss worried face. „We are a team. And we need to recognize who is on our team right?" I put one arm around Katniss shoulder and led her to the table. I braided her hair the way her mother had taught me too in District 12, then I sent her to change into the body suit which was this years tribute outfit. „Are you ready?" I asked softly. „No." she whispered. ATTENTION TRIBUTES: 15 MINUTES TOO LAUNCH a mechanic voice yelled from the speakers in the sealing. „Let's go." Katniss took a deep breath. In that moment the door burst open and Effie rushed in. „Katniss!" she was in tears. „You didn't want to go without saying goodbye...no, no rather see you soon, too me would you?" „No Effie, of course not." The two women hugged. „I gotta go now. Take care Effie. And Thank you for everything." Katniss said and followed me trough the door. Nym was waiting in front of it. „hey..." She said softly. She looked quite upset. „You ok?" I asked worried. „Sure. I just said goodbye to Renn, Peeta and Joanna. I couldn't see Finnick though. Since 'I'm not part of his prep team'." „It's weird you know? We became kinda friends, they were sent to die, they survived and now the whole shit repeats." She looked at Katniss. „Don't you fucking dare to die Katniss!" The tribute hugged her. „I'll give my best. I'm sorry." „What the fuck?! You have nothing to be sorry for! I am sorry that this shit is happening." She was upset. And i didn't know if that was good or bad. „Snow is the one who should be sorry! Sorry that he was fucking born!" „Nym! Shhst! What if someone hears you?" „quite frankly, I don't give a fuck right now." „I can die in piece now." Katniss joked. „I saw Nymeria freak out. I bet that happens once in a lifetime." „Don't you dare joke about that!" 10 MINUTES TO LAUNCH „We gotta go." I interrupted them and the three of us made our way trough the narrow tunnels towards the launch room for Twelve. „I have to wait outside." Nym said. „Don't even ask me why..." She hugged Katniss again. „Stay alive, Katniss. And be careful and take care and...goddammit everything I say sounds so dumb and childish." „No." Katniss whispered. „I know how you mean it. Thank you Nym. You're really a good friend." „i love you Katniss. Make Snow pay for this." „I'll try." Nym fought back a tear. She didn't like to cry. Especially not when as she phrased it 'she-doesn't-have-a-right-to-cry-because-it's-others-misery.' I gave her a quick hug and Kissed her. „You know that everything will be OK." I whispered. „I love you." She said. „Implied." The heavy iron door closed and seperated me and Katniss from the rest of the Capitol. „Breathe." I hugged Katniss. 5 MINUTES TO LAUNCH.„Thank you Cinna. For being my friend." „always." For a couple seconds we just stood there. „that dress was beautiful. I think it was the best one you've ever made." „I'm glad you liked it." „I just wanted to tell you cause..." „Stop! Remember I'm still betting on you." I reached for the tiny mockingjay pin in my pocket and pinned it on her body suit, covering it under her sleeve. „Girl on fire." We embraced each other and now it was me who was fighting tears.
10 SECONDS TILL LAUNCH. Katniss let go and stepped into the tube. I squeezed her hand than the glass parted us. All of a sudden I heard a terrible scream from outside. I spun around and saw the door open and three peacekeepers entering. One of them dragged Nym one of his hands grabbing her neck, the other twisting her arms behind her back. „NYM!" I screamed. I was not able to do anything else because in the next moment a fist almost knocked me to the ground. „NOOO!" I could make out Nyms outline, twisting and screaming, trying to free herself from the Peacekeepers grip. Katniss was fighting the glass wall of the Launch tube that started to push her into the arena. I tried to grasp a clear thought when another fist hit my stomach and I fell. Brute kicks and hits tormented my body from what felt like everywhere but the pain was not the worst, I could hear Nymeria scream and fight and tell them to leave me alone. I heard the sound it makes when a gloved hand hits bare skin and i knew he the huge peacekeeper must have hit her. No! Stop! Leave her alone! I wanted to shout but blood filled my mouth and throat and I couldn't make a noise. „CINNA! STOP IT! NO!" Another smacking sound. And then the pain stopped and everything went black.
Nymeria
My face was burning and I felt as if every joint in both of my arms was dislocated. Tears were running over my face but i was not sure weather that was because of the pain or because of what they did to the person I loved most in the world. „Stop" I whimpered. „Please stop hurting him! STOP!" don't kill him! No! Cinna! Stop! No! I couldn't catch a clear thought. They had to stop! „make that little Bitch shut up!" the other two stopped „She's the bosses daughter. We can't silence her. He'll kill us for that." The bosses daughter? That Bastard had sent them? No! He would pay for this! „Stop! Leave him alone!" I kept fighting against the muscle-bound guy, trying to release myself from his grip. It was obvious that I'd break both my arms before I'd escape his tight grip.
The brute strengthened his grip on my neck and smashed my head against the glass tube that had transported Katniss into the arena minutes earlier. Pain exploded in my head. The huge Peacekeeper released my neck and I dropped to the floor. The two others grabbed Cinnas unconscious body and dragged him out of the room, leaving nothing but a puddle of blood. I wailed at the sight of it, trying to stand up, to fight them but I could barely even keep my eyes open. „No. Stop." I whimpered. „Stop..." My voice cracked. „Good night, princess." I couldn't even tell which Peacekeeper it was but someone smacked my head against the Tube again and everything went black.
„If i get my hands on this bloody bastard I swear I will break every single bone in his body!"
„Haymitch..."
„HE ALMOST KILLED MY CHILD." the hushed shout came from a voice I knew. Was I alive? What had happened? My mind felt empty and then all of a sudden a flood of memories flushed it.
Cinna. The Peacekeepers. Blood.
„EVA!" The voice went on. „Do you see the bruises on her body?! The laceration on her head!? Did you see the blood-puddle on the floor? THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE DAMN ARENA." „Haymitch! What if anyone hears you?" The raged voice quieted itself down a bit. „Cinna is gone! He is probably dead! I mean if he did look like her they would have left him behind too, wouldn't they? But they cant leave a corpse." Cinna. Dead? No! „No...they couldn't...he can't be..." I felt something holding on the my right hand and realized that it was my mothers hand. „Haymitch I know that the man I am married too is a monster. I know...but he still thinks Nymeria is his daughter. He wouldn't do that to his own flesh and blood. I..." „Then why is he not here? Why did he not even check on her after you called him how many times?! If I would have known that that bloody creature of a man would be a part of her life, I would have kept her in 12. No one harms my daughter! I would have been a terrible father but not worse than him! Good god! Look at what he did to her!" my mom sobbed. „I didn't have a choice. Haymitch I had my reasons. I know that..." I finally managed to open my eyes. „NYM!" my Mom exclaimed. She was sitting right next to me. I way laying in a white room on some sort of cot. „Mom..." All the pictures, everything that had happened. Cinnas unconscious body. No! That couldn't be reality. My brain and my heart both felt like they were falling apart and I felt tears building up in my eyes. I fought them back. I wouldn't cry. As I managed to sit up I realized that every inch of my body was in pain. „Honey, it's ok. You're safe." My moms voice sounded broken. „No Mom!" Where did i get the strength to speak this loud? My voice sounded dry. „Nothing is ok! Nothing is! Cinna! Where is..." I broke up coughing. „Nym..." Haymitch stepped closer handing me cup of water. I had never seen him worried. I had never seen him with trails of tears under his eyes. I took a sip of the water. It was a relief. „Hey. How are you feeling." What should I answer? My head hurt as shit, my arms felt as if they were not physically there? And...Cinna. Where was he? I wanted to ask but I felt like I couldn't handle the possible answer. Did they kill him? The thought of him dying was unbearable. „We don't know where he is...I'm so sorry. Nym...they probably..." Haymitch seemed to have read my thoughts from the expression on my face. But that was not the answer I wanted hear. „No." I whispered. „NO!" my whisper turned into a shout. „Shhhhh, Nym." Haymitch placed his hands on my shoulders. „Nym, we don't know that for sure." I covered my face in my palms. My father pulled me into a hug and I started crying now. I hated myself for it. „shhhhh" Haymitch stroke my head softly. I didn't know how long we had been sitting there but he held me until I stopped crying. „Sorry." I muttered. „what for?" My dad wiped away the leftover tears on my face. „crying...I..." „it's ok. I under" He was interrupted by an opening door. „Haymitch we need you out here." „I'm coming." „Where are you going?" I asked but I already knew it while I said it. Katniss needed him right now. „I'll check on you later." He kissed me on the forehead and left the room.
I took a deep breath. „Mom...was it really him? Did Wellsbee order them to...to..." To what? Kill Cinna? Get him out of the way? She looked to the ground. „I don't know. I think...I think your father is right. I just don't want to belief it." The bosses daughter. „IT WAS HIM!" I exclaimed. My mother looked puzzled. „I heard one of the peacekeepers say that they couldn't kill me. Because i am 'the bosses daughter'. Which is not even true..." I added. „I have to talk to him! I have to find Cinna." I tried to get out of the bed and felt a bit dizzy because of my own sudden movement. My Mother pressed me back on the cot gently. „You need some rest. You were out for a whole day." A whole day? The games had been on for a whole day. „Renn, Jo, Peeta...are they?" Did I really want to know? „They are alive." My mom said. „And Finn and Katniss?" she nodded. I felt a little relief. „8 people died on the first day. The second must be almost up." ALMOST UP? „I don't know who died. I...I am just so glad you are alive." I hugged her, suddenly feeling guilty. I didn't even know what for. „I'm sorry mom. I love you. But please. I have to know if they are still alive." And I have to find out where Cinna is. I wouldn't accept his death until I had proof. I couldn't.
My mother helped me up. „Where am I?" „In one of the rooms for the Tributes mentors. They can rest here without being too far away from the capsules." We entered the room where Sponsors and mentors were chatting trying to make deals to help their tributes win. I still felt a bit giddy. Right as we entered the Hymn of Panem blasted through the room and the face of the District one Male appeared on the screen. Then his female partner, and then Wiress. My heart clinched her sight. We had never really talked much but I liked her. And she had been on our side. Next up was Mags and my heart clinched again. Then the woman from 6, the guy from 7 and the guy from 10.
I looked around me. Haymitch was talking to a very entertained couple, Renns Mentor Numitor seemed to amuse a very rich lady, captivating her attention to get her to let some money loose for his Victor. And then I saw him. The man who had just tortured me and perhaps killed my boyfriend. My blood boiled. When he caught my glimpse, he smiled.
A/N ~ So, what do you think? Is he dead? Or is he not dead? I hope you liked the chapter! Idk If i am good at action filled writing xD Thanks for reading! :)